Dynamic Discourse Coalitions on hydro-fracking in Europe and the United States

Environmental Communication

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 365-379

  Metze, Tamara ^a   Dodge, Jennifer ^b  

^a TILBURG UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

boundary work; discourse; discourse coalitions; framing; Hydraulic fracturing; shale gas

Indexed keywords

EID: 84959044431     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2015.1133437     Document Type: Article

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